From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Sturridge stood on the sidelines, twisting his body and doing the final warm-up.

The fourth official holds the electronic display board in his hand and is ready to make a substitution. But so far, there has been no dead ball in the game, so he has to wait.

There was no way his Liverpool team-mates would deliberately kick the ball out of the touchline just to get him on the pitch, unless they absolutely had to.

It is even more impossible for Manchester United's players to let the football go out of bounds and allow Liverpool to complete this substitution.

They all know the threat of Sturridge and what Sturridge will do to them when he comes up. They even wish that the game would last until the end without a dead ball...

Of course, this is impossible.

The ball was once again passed to Jordan Henderson and Kante almost arrived with the ball. When Jordan Henderson received the football, Kanter was hit from behind.

A reasonable collision cannot make Jordan Henderson fall to the ground or lose control of the football, but it can prevent him from controlling the ball smoothly and he must adjust. This causes him to control the ball for a while longer, giving him Kanter and Bruno "killed" him.

Bruno saw Kanter bump into him, and he clenched his fists: What a good bump!

It was too late to praise Kante anymore, he threw Coutinho aside and rushed forward.

Coutinho looked at Bruno's back in surprise: Isn't he afraid that Jordan Henderson will pass the football to him if he goes up?

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Jordan Henderson was nearly knocked off balance by Kanter. In order to prevent himself from losing the ball, he tried to control the football and at the same time turned around to keep Kanter behind.

He thought Kanter was coming to steal his ball...

After finally controlling the football, Henderson raised his head and was about to observe the situation of his teammates on the far end. What appeared in his field of vision was not his teammates or the green field, but a ball of red!

Bruno has already reached Jordan Henderson with lightning speed.

He didn't look at the shocked expression on Jordan Henderson's face, but lowered his head and stared at the football at his feet.

Jordan Henderson was obviously confused by this sudden situation. His feet were a little messy. He originally planned to pull the football back, but when he stretched out his foot, he hit the football!

The football was not pulled back by him, but was pushed out by him!

This is Bruno's chance!

He shook off Jordan Henderson and pounced on the football that was poked away by Jordan Henderson, like a hungry tiger attacking a sheep.

Only at this moment did Jordan Henderson see clearly who the figure was - the huge number "8" on the back had already told him his identity.

It's Bruno!

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"It's Bruno! He appeared next to Jordan Henderson very quickly and he intercepted the ball!" Commentator Gary Lineker became excited.

After Liverpool handed the football to Jordan Henderson, they were in a stage of switching from defense to attack and had just passed, so their defense was empty, with only two central defenders Lovren and Klavan behind. , the two full-backs Alexander-Arnold and Milner have already pressed forward.

Milner was almost pressed to the winger position, while Alexander-Arnold was slightly better, just a little ahead of the halfway line.

At this time, seeing Jordan Henderson lose the ball, Liverpool players hurriedly returned to defense. It goes without saying that the two full-backs, Arnold and Milner, have to go all out to defend.

Center back Lovren faced Bruno, trying to force him to go to the side, or slow down, or simply stop.

He didn't care about the Manchester United forwards behind him. When defending, of course whoever has the ball is the biggest threat.

As for Klavan, he chose to go with one of the Manchester United strikers.

If he also rushes to defend Bruno, he is 100% sure that Bruno will immediately fly the football into the space behind him, giving Ibrahimovic or Rooney a chance to face goalkeeper Mignolet alone.

Although Mignolet is very good at saving one-on-one shots, you can't trust him so much!

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Bruno was not the first Manchester United player. There were Ibrahimovic and Rooney in front of him. These two people did not have time to return to defense. However, Mata and Gundogan were very active when returning to defense.

So now he, Ibrahimovic and Rooney form an inverted triangle.

Both Ibrahimovic and Rooney are experienced veterans, and they have played with Bruno at Manchester United for more than half a year, so they already know his habits.

Seeing him grabbing the ball, the two of them pulled to both sides with a tacit understanding, Ibrahimovic to the left and Rooney to the right.

Klavan took one look and decided to follow Rooney.

As for Ibrahimovic...Arnold is quickly returning to defense. Ibrahimovic who has moved to the right will be handed over to the right back Arnold!

Bruno had no intention of fighting with Lovren in the midfield. He saw the two forwards cooperating with him to open up a running position, and passed the football to Ibrahimovic, who was temporarily unmarked.

After passing the ball, Bruno went straight forward, which was obviously a posture of hitting the wall with a two-on-one. So Lovren did not attack Ibrahimovic, but continued to follow Bruno.

Anyway, when Ibra reaches the wing, it is impossible to shoot directly. If he cannot shoot directly, the threat will be much smaller. What does he have to worry about?

Ibrahimovic did not pass the football to Bruno, but moved it to the center.

Doesn't Lovren feel that he is less of a threat on the wing? Ibrahimovic took the initiative to come to the middle. Is this a big threat? Do you guard against it or not?

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Lovren saw that Ibrahimovic was leaning toward the center and trying to enter the penalty area. He quickly left Bruno alone and pounced on Ibrahimovic.

What should Bruno do? Leave it to Arnold who is returning to defense!

"Oh oh oh! This is Manchester United's quick counterattack! Before Liverpool's players had time to get back in position, they had already reached the edge of the penalty area!"

The commentators in the media area became excited, and so did the fans at the scene. They stood up from their seats, raised their arms, and shouted: "Manchester United! Manchester United!"

On the sidelines, the head coaches of both teams left what they were doing and stared at the court.

Even Sturridge, who was standing on the sidelines waiting to be replaced, didn't bother to twist his body to warm up at this time. He stared at his penalty area and became motionless.

Ibrahimovic did not continue to dribble or take a shot. He saw Lovren running towards him and passed the football back to Bruno!

"Bruno caught the ball again!"

Bruno caught the ball sideways and passed the football. At the same time, he completed his turn and faced the goal!

Going to shoot? Everyone thinks so.

In the past few seasons, Bruno has a strong desire to shoot, and the feeling of shooting is also very good.

Take this season as an example. With today's goal, he has scored 26 goals in 21 Premier League games, and he has also scored seven goals in the Europa League. Including two goals in the League Cup and the FA Cup, Bruno has scored 35 goals on behalf of Manchester United. He is Manchester United's well-deserved top scorer, ten goals more than Ibrahimovic, who has the second most goals.

So in front of the goal, when he receives the ball, everyone is convinced that he will shoot.

There are also Manchester United fans chanting: "Shoot, Bruno! Shoot -"

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Mignolet quickly adjusted his position, rushed towards Bruno from the door, and blocked his shooting angle.

Lovren turned around and ran towards Bruno again, he was like a "monkey" being teased...

At the same time, after passing the ball, Ibrahimovic decisively inserted into the penalty area and ran towards the center of the goal.

Klavan was originally defending Rooney. When he saw Ibrahimovic rushing up, he hesitated and then rushed towards Ibrahimovic...

Bruno kept looking down at the football, adjusting the football, and did not look up to observe the surrounding situation.

But the moment Klavan moved, Bruno also kicked the football, but it was not a shot, but a pass!

The football flew in front of Mignolet who flew to block the shot, passed over the heads of Lovren and Klavan, and then landed at the feet of Rooney at the back of the goal...

"Shoot... pass! Bruno passes... Rooney! Rooney gets the ball!"

What Rooney had to do was simple, he raised his foot to stop the ball.

Klavan began to turn around. Mignolet, who had fallen to the ground, was getting up with his hands on the ground. Lovren looked back at Rooney, Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum, and Milner all entered the penalty area.

The football hit the inside of Rooney's right foot and he fell obediently.

Klavan completed his turn, and Mignolet got up from the ground and was rushing toward the center of the goal.

Lovren still turned to look at Rooney. He was tricked by Bruno and Ibrahimovic passing the ball back and forth and made several such short-distance turnarounds. He had long since lost the energy to turn back and run again.

Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum and Milner have rushed to the penalty spot, and they are not far from Rooney.

But at this time, even if there is only one step, it will be the end of the world.

The so-called world is so close, nothing better than this.

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Rooney put down his right foot, without touching the ground, but pushed directly with the instep of his inside foot.

Mignolet kicked out his right foot, rose into the air, and rushed over.

Now it's just a duel between the goalkeeper and the ball, and everyone else has given up.

In the end, the football was slightly better. Mignolet flew towards him, but the football flew into the goal before him.

With a "boom", the Old Trafford Stadium erupted!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!"

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!"

"In the 2st minute, Manchester United scored, 1:!!"

Rooney watched the ball fly into the goal before Mignolet arrived.

He made sure the ball went in, then opened his mouth and arms and rushed towards Bruno who assisted him.

Bruno has been watching here after passing the ball. He has achieved the ultimate goal of a passer. This ball is basically facing an empty goal. It is more difficult to miss than to score.

As long as Rooney doesn't exert too much force, the football will roll into the goal with a slight push.

Rooney did not disappoint him, as he was experienced and easily put the ball into the goal.